Toronto Blue Jays' Kelly Johnson, right, congratulates teammate Edwin Encarnacion for hitting a two-run home run off Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish during the first inning of baseball game action in

“He was good,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said of Darvish. “We just didn't support him with runs.”

Darvish (12-9) lost for the second time in three starts, allowing three runs and three hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out 10.

“From the beginning, I don't think my fastball had a lot of life to it,” Darvish said through a translator. “But more often than not I was able to keep the ball down with my cutter, slider, all my other pitches. Overall, I think I was able to stay down and be effective.”

For Darvish, it was the seventh time this season he's reached double figures in strikeouts, tying him with Jim Bibby (1973) for the Rangers rookie mark.

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Darvish failed to win consecutive starts for the first time since a three-game streak in June, but allowed three earned runs for the second straight start after giving up 18 runs in his previous three outings.

Encarnacion, who became the first major leaguer to homer off Darvish when he took him deep in an April 30 Texas win at Rogers Centre, did it again with a second deck blast in the first, his 31st.

Happ (2-1), who was acquired from Houston last month, matched a Blue Jays record by striking out six straight batters in the second and third innings. Ted Lilly struck out six straight against Boston in 2004, and Marc Rzepczynski did it against the New York Yankees in 2010.

“You've got to tip your hat to him,” Washington said. “If it was one of our pitchers that did it, I'd be raving.”

Dempster out: Right-hander Ryan Dempster is not with Texas and will miss his scheduled start Saturday for personal reasons, the team said. Former Astro Roy Oswalt will start in his place.